Hog-tamer.



Patented May I5, |900.

No. ewaz.

W. I. SHORT.

H 0 G T A M E R (Application led Apr. 3, 1899.)

(No Model.)

UNITnD STATES PATENT OFFICE,

VIIITAM I. SHORT, OF LEVISTON, MISSOURI.

HOG-TIVI ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 649,682, dated May 15,1900.

Application filed April 3, 1899. Serial No. 711,633. (No model.)

.To al?, whom, t may concern:

Beit known that I, WILLIAM I. SHORT, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Lewiston, in the county of Lewis and State ofMissouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inHog-Tamers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in hogetamers, the object beingto provide a device which can be easily manipulated and which at thesame time will be edectual in operating upon the animal, the function ofthe device being primarily to cut the nose of a hog across the tip andsevering same in the middle, making a small projection a little to eachside of the nose to prevent rooting.

Vith the foregoing in view my invention consists in a pair ofhand-levers pivoted together, one carrying a gage and the other a cutterof peculiar design and capable of being removed and easily replaced orreversed.

The invention still further consists in certain novel features ofconstruction and combinations of parts, which will be hereinafterdescribed, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure lis a view in perspective of myimproved device. Figs. 2, 3, and 4 are details. Fig. 5 is a view of amodification, and Fig. G-is a sectional view of the modiiication.

A and B represent a pair of levers hinged together at the pivot l andnormally held apart or open by the spring 2, the ends of which forconvenience are embedded in holes or slots 3 3 in the levers. The leversterminate in a pair of jaws 4 5, an angular seat 6 in its side. AT-shaped knife 7 is removably secured in this seat by a clamp-screw orother means S, the shank of this knife substantially fitting the seat,whereby the knife is the more iirmly held in place in the jaw. Thisknife may be variously constructed=for instance, of cast-steel orpossibly of sheet metal- With both edges sharpened. Its outer edges aretapered and curved forwardly. It is tapered to make a smaller cut whenone cutting edge is used for pigs and shoats and a larger cut when theopposite edge is used for hogs. Its side edges are curved or bentforwardly to make the cut parts of the nose heavy on ends, so their ownweight causes them to drop down and apart,healin g in that position. Theholes 9 in the shank of the jaw may be elongated, if desired, for theadjustment of the knife. Above the knife and between it and the jaw aguard a. is placed to prevent the edge of the knife from being dulledupon the hard-metal jaw. The other jaw 5 has a cutting-plate 10, uponwhich is some soft material-as lead, babbitt, or wood-fertile knife tocut against. On this jaw are the gages ll 11 to regulate the distance ofcut from the end of the snout.

In the modification the knife is formed to have the same shaped cut butinstead of being made in one piece it is in two sections. The back oftop section is approximately square, except at upper left-hand corner,which is cut out, as at l2, to allow front thumb-screw 13 to turn in.The back section has a slot to admit of its adjustment. In this form aWasher or block la is used between the reversible section of the knifeand the rear section to increase the depth of cut on larger hogs, andfor pigs or shoats the knife is reversed, with the washerputin front tothrow small knife closer to gages, so as not to cut so deep.

Itis evident that other slight changes might be resorted to in the formand arrangement of the several parts described Without departing fromthe spirit and scope of my invention, and hence I do not wish to limitmyself to the exact construction set forth; but,

I-Iaving fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The combination witha pair of jaws piv oted together, one carrying apair of gages at or near its inner edge, of a reversible knife bladehaving a shank at right angles thereto removably secured to the otherjaw, the op positeedges of said knife-blade being of different siz'ewhereby to make different-sized cuts, and means for securing the shankof the blade to the side of the jaw.

2. The combination with a pair of levers pivotally connected, saidlevers having jaws thereon, one jaw having a pair of gages projectingupwardly therefrom and the other having a recessed side, of a T-shapedrever'- sible knife, the shank of which is fitted to this recess so thatthe upper edge of the knife bears against the upper edge ofthe recessand upon the jaw..

3. The combination with a pair of jaws piv"l IOO oted together, of areversible T-shaped knife, of a reversible T-shaped knife-blade made in1o the shank of which is removably secured to sections, the shank beingheld in the recess, one of the jaws, the opposite edges of the theopposite edges of the knife-blade of difknife being of different size,whereby to make Vferent sizes whereby to make outs of differ- 5 cuts ofdifferent size, the shank extending at ent size.

right angles to the blade portions and the WILLIAM I. SHORT. edges ofthe shank adapted for cutting. In presence of- 4. The combination with apair of levers GEO. E. HOBDAY,

having jaws thereon, one jaw being recessed, ROBERT S. FLAGK.

